4th Quarter President Update
Fellow Texas Auction Professionals,
I would like to wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. What a year 2018 has been! Your Association is ending the year in a great place. Your board has taken advantage of some great opportunities to Promote, Protect, and Educate for the Texas Auctioneer.
Our PR campaign has been a huge success thanks to Heather Kasper and her PR committee. We have made great strides in educating the public to “Think Auctions First” and bring TAA Auctioneers front of mind.
I would also like to thank the Texas Lone Star Open Committee for all the hard work they have put into pulling off another extremely successful event. If you were at the stockyards for this contest you know what I’m talking about. Premier contestants from across the country, great public exposure, appealing items, phenomenal bidding and wonderful judges made this auctioneer open the best I’ve seen.
It’s that time of year again! I would like to encourage you to renew your membership now! You can save 20% on your yearly registration if you signup early. Wait, there’s more… For every NEW member you sign up, you will receive $25 off your dues up to the full cost of your membership. Wait, what!?! Yes, you could be a member for free just for signing up a few of your fellow auctioneers. We want more amazing auctioneers like you in this Association. "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." --Henry Ford
I am honored to serve as your President and I am so proud of what you have accomplished in your businesses this year and what we have accomplished as an Association. I am looking forward to, and sincerely wish you a blessed 2019.
3rd Quarter President Update
Hello Texas Auctioneers!
I hope this finds you and your auction business doing well. This summer has flown by. It seems like yesterday we were in College Station together. We received excellent feedback on the TCAP (Texas Certified Auction Professional) course. We appreciate those who attended the inaugural class. We hope you have been able to implement what you learned and that you and your business are more successful because of it. The TAA will continue to offer great education courses like this to continue to raise the professionalism of our industry.
This year, as I mentioned at the convention, we are doing a big PR promotion and we are going to need your help. We want the public to “Think Auctions First” and more specifically to recognize TAA members as their first choice for an auctioneer. The Texas Lone Star Open bid calling contest is just around the corner and I encourage you to compete. It is a great way to improve your chant as well as educate the public to “Think Auctions First”. If competing isn’t your thing, come on out and support your fellow auctioneers. I look forward to seeing you there!
This year the Texas legislature will be in session. We will be having Auctioneer Day at the Capitol This is an opportunity for us to meet with legislators and educate them about the importance of the auction industry and auctioneers. AUPAC is working diligently to put us in the best position to get favorable legislation passed and prevent any bills that would have a negative impact. You have a voice in Austin and I look forward to working together to make this a successful sessions for auctioneers.
Lastly, I want to encourage you to get involved in the TAA. I challenge each of you to participate on a committee. As an association we have some extremely talented people. You don’t have to be a board member to make an impact. You ARE the TAA and you CAN make a difference. Let’s work together to continue to Protect, Promote, and Educate the Texas Auctioneer!
Travis Kaddatz, CAI
President
Texas Auctioneers Association
Praise God For All Things
God blessed us with 6.85 inches of rain which should be a record for August for central Texas. It will help the pastures & hayfields.
The corn & cotton crops will have mostly low yields. There are very few crops in West TX other than what is irrigated. Hay is in short supply because of the drought. Farmers & ranchers and those in agriculture are forced with little or no income after working hard all year.
When we think things are not going very well, we can remember what Carrie Ten Boom said in the German Concentration camp. She stated, “we need to praise God for all things”. We need to pray that God will give us faith to praise Him in all circumstances.
We had a great FCAI program at Conference & Show. Martin Higgenbotham from Florida gave the program & Denny Stouffer of Maryland presented the praise music.
FCAI officers elected from Texas were Amy Assiter, Alvin Kaddatz, Lisa Gay, John Gay, Traci Yeaman, Spanky Assiter, & John Sisk.
Corn hay baled because of drought.
Prayer Requests
Brenda Kaddatz, Hillsboro, TX
Mr. & Mrs. R.J. Smith, Lone Oak, TX
Audri Muirhead Henderson Hubbard, TX Mother, Teresa
Gary Tull, Graham, TX
Renee Jones, Gainesville, TX
Sandy Dunning, Plano, TX
Rudy Mayer, Lincoln, TX
Steven Cole’s Father
Ryan Zak,U.S. Soldier
SPC Schmidt, Kutter, U.S. Soldier
Jason Colon, U.S. Soldier
Dusten Taggart, U.S. Soldier
Charlie Coleman, Corpus Christi, TX
Yvonne Jones, Gainesville, TX (Renee Jones, Mother)
Joshua Rush, Hempstead, TX
Granny Kaddatz, Hillsboro, TX
Praise Reports
- America’s Auction Academy-Raised Funds for FCAI
- FCAI- motion passed FCAI will be on the future NAA Conference & show program
- TAA Fun Auction – Raised funds for FCAI
People passed or lost loved ones that have gone to be with the Lord:
Doreen Bohrer (Krista Richter’s mother) Wimberley, TX.
Angela (Daughter), Dan (Son-in-law), and Abigail Masullo (granddaughter) Rick Montgomery’s family Arlington, TX.
Garland Lee Kelley Sr. (Kyle Dyke’s Grandfather), Killeen, TX.
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ - 1 Corinthians 15:57
Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go – Joshua 1:19
If you have a soldier deployed overseas, let us know. We send out care packages to them. We have 3 we are sending packages to. If you would like to be on the FCAI email list, send your e-mail address.
Check our website or Facebook for praise reports, prayer request, thank you notes and obituaries.
You can send contributions to FCAI, visit our website, or call 254-582-3000 with a credit card.
Our address is: 535 HCR 4223, Hillsboro, Texas 76645.
For online donations please visit: www.fcai.org.
All donations are tax deductible.
May God bless and keep you.
Alvin Kaddatz